Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scops owl \Scops" owl`\ [NL. scops, fr. Gr. ? the little horned
   owl.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus
   {Scops} having ear tufts like those of the horned owls,
   especially the European scops owl ({Scops giu}), and the
   American screech owl ({S. asio}).